This expanded and updated second edition of The Child's World is the accessible and comprehensive multidisciplinary guide to assessing children in need and their families. The book not only provides an explanation of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their ...Families, but also a wealth of information on how to implement it sensitively and effectively, summarizing the latest research, policy and best practice. The Child's World covers: the assessment framework; the process of assessment; assessing the developmental needs of children; assessing parenting capacity; and, assessing family and environmental factors. This book is essential reading for practitioners in children's and adult services using the Framework, and will also be a valued source of knowledge and guidance for those working in legislative contexts outside of England.Read more

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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings

NZ Review

This book relates directly to the practice of social workers carrying out assessments using the framework. However, it is also useful for health visitors and school nurses working closely with families for whom the framework is being used to assess their situation. Students in all disciplines would find this book helpful in their studies about the application of theory to practice. -- Community Practitioner The first edition of The Child's World was widely read and received many well-deserved plaudits. This fully revised second edition is likely to be just as popular... the book is a rich resource for the multidisciplinary audience that it targets. Social work, health and education practitioners involved in undertaking assessments, managers supporting these staff with what is often a complex and stressful task, and students and teachers in these disciplines will all find it enormously helpful, including those in jurisdictions implementing other assessment tools besides the Assessment Framework. -- Adoption & Fostering A comprehensive guide to assessing children in need that no practitioner should be without. Drawing together policy, practice and theory it is comprehensive and offers a multidisciplinary guide. It not only explains the framework for assessment of children in need and their families, but shows how it can be used sensitively and effectively. This edition, like its predecessor, draws on the latest research, knowledge and skills. -- Young Minds Magazine This is the new updated edition of its predecessor... Not only does it provide a clearly understandable, relatively jargon free context to its content it will prove a must for those professionals looking for decent explanations/models for what constitutes a good assessment under the Framework Assessment of Children In Need and their Families... This is a book that is well worth having at your side. -- PSW Professional Social Work In virtually every serious case of child abuse or neglect there is a lack of understanding from professionals about what the child's world is like. Assessment is crucial, but so often is found lacking. Horwath's book provides a thoughtful analysis of the assessment process, addressing the challenges and offering solutions. An invaluable resource for all disciplines and probably the most comprehensive guide to assessment on the market. -- Julie Taylor, Professor of Family Health in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee The Child's World has long been an indispensable guide to assessing children in need and to facilitating the kind of joint-agency work that we need to achieve to reach positive outcomes for children. This fully revised second edition goes even further in that quest, making it ideal for use across the disciplines of education, health and social care. Jan Horwath has assembled an outstanding set of key readings on the most essential topics that those working with children in need should be informed about. A superb resource for trainees as well as for professional learning strategies in the workplace, The Child's World is bound to have a positive effect in moving this important field forwards. -- Elizabeth Holmes, education trainer and consultant, and author of The Newly Qualified Teacher's Handbook Since the first edition of The Child's World was published in 2001, it has always been high on my list of essential child care texts for social work students and qualified practitioners alike. This expanded second edition, based on the most up to date research and policy developments, fuses the practical and the theoretical within the context of a robust multi-professional focus and includes several new chapters, adding breadth and depth to key areas of child welfare practice in an accessible and readable style. Whether reading it from cover to cover or using it as a reference text, this will be an invaluable resource for anyone working in the child welfare arena. Don't leave home without it. -- Dr. Brynna Kroll, Senior Consultant, ARTEC Enterprises Ltd, and former Senior Lecturer in Social Work Praise for the first edition: 'This book will no doubt be a valuable reader for social workers and trainees. Its strength is in the clear organisation and accessible presentation of both practical and theoretical perspectives.' -- International Journal of Early Years Education ...a very useful addition to current literature on childcare assessment work and it deserves to be widely read. -- Child Abuse Review The Child's World will be of particular interest to any professional involved in the assessment of children in need, including social workers, teachers, health visitors and psychologists. The book is intended to enable practitioners to develop effective assessment practice that will result in appropriate provision of services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need and their families. -- One Parent Families Scotland It is heartening to read a book which explores so much research, accessibility, and with references for those with particular interests...The greatest value of a book like this lies in the ability to stimulate thinking to help staff to be thoughtful helpers. -- Young Minds Magazine The second updated edition of THE CHILD'S WORLD provides a new, updated survey on assessing children in need and blends practice, policy and theory to produce a fine guide to the developmental needs of kids. Any practitioner in children's services who use the Framework system needs this resource for assessment. -- The Midwest Book Review

Author's Bio

Robbie Gilligan is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin and associate director of the Children's Research Centre. He has written extensively on child care and foster care. Di Hart worked for many years as a child care social worker and manager before taking up a post at NCB developing practice with children in public care. She has a particular interest in children in secure settings. Recent work has included a review of the use of physical restraint in children's services, the development of a care-planning model for looked after children who go into custody and a project aiming to improve outcomes for the children of drug-misusing parents. Gordon Jack has more than 30 years' experience in social work practice, education and research with children and families, and is currently Reader in Social Work at Durham University. Wendy Rose is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, UK, and works on national and international child welfare research and development projects. She was previously a senior civil servant advising the government on children's policy. Arnon Bentovim is a Director of Child and Family Training, and a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was formerly a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic. He was also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. Chris Dearden is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. She has undertaken extensive research on young carers, and is currently engaged in research on children's perspectives on poverty.